Brookfield Place saves artist Jacinda Bayne's exhibition

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A CRY for help from a Perth artist for studio space has been answered in the nick of the time.

Jacinda Bayne highlighted the issue facing many WA creatives in The Sunday Times in March when she revealed that the fight for workspace had become so bad she didn't have anywhere to finish her upcoming June exhibition, The Floating Tree.

It lead to the Chamber of Arts and Culture WA chair Warwick Hemsley calling for unused government spaces to be converted into art studios to combat the problem.

Since the article, Ms Bayne has been offered a free studio for three weeks at Brookfield Place in Perth.

It will mean putting the finishing touches on the upcoming exhibition in full-view of the thousands of office workers who come in and out of the area every day.

"It really is prime real estate, it would be impossible for an artist like myself to afford a space like this,'' Bayne said.

"(I'm) excited but a little nervous as there will be so many corporate people around and I will be in my painting clothes.''

Brookfield Office Properties Portfolio Manager Alison Robertson said the Arts Brookfield program has been dedicated to enhancing the area with public art.

"As demonstrated by Jacinda's artist-in-residence at Brookfield Place, artists are given the opportunity work in new and unusual spaces to provide unique cultural experiences for our building tenants and visitors,'' Ms Robertson said.

The Floating Tree opens at Linton and Kay's new Brookfield Place gallery on June 18.